I found that this error could be consistently reproduced on bionic. The
problem occurs if /var/lib/mysql already exists before installing the
packages.
Steps to reproduce, from a bare install of Ubuntu server:
1) sudo mkdir /var/lib/mysql
2) sudo apt install mysql-server
The annoying thing is that even if you then run "sudo chown mysql:mysql
/var/lib/mysql" (after the first attempt created the user and group),
and re-run the install, it still doesn't work even though it creates
some files in /var/lib/mysql .
The use case for why you would want to pre-create /var/lib/mysql is when
you want it on a separate filesystem. The required steps to achieve
this are as follows; if necessary, ensure you purge the package and
delete the contents of /var/lib/mysql (except lost+found) first.
sudo umount /var/lib/mysql
sudo rmdir /var/lib/mysql
sudo apt install mysql-server
sudo service mysql stop
sudo mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql.tmp
sudo install -m 0 -d /var/lib/mysql # Create mount point with no
permissions
sudo mount /var/lib/mysql # Assumes filesystem is created and
listed in /etc/fstab
sudo sh -c 'mv /var/lib/mysql.tmp/* /var/lib/mysql'
sudo rmdir /var/lib/mysql.tmp/
sudo service mysql start
** Changed in: mysql-5.7 (Ubuntu)
Status: Expired => Confirmed
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Title:
package mysql-server-5.7 5.7.23-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 failed to
install/upgrade: installed mysql-server-5.7 package post-installation
script subprocess returned error exit status 1
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